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Jean Anouilh

1910 - 1987

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Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; French: [ʒɑ̃ anuj]; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Anouilh is the 799th most popular writer (down from 755th in 2019), the 952nd most popular biography from France (down from 911th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular French Writer.

Jean Anouilh is most famous for his play "Antigone." The play tells the story of Antigone, the daughter of King Oedipus and Queen Jocasta. Antigone's brother, Polyneices, was killed in a battle against their uncle, Eteocles. Antigone wants to bury her brother's body, but Creon, the new king of Thebes, forbids it.

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Among writers, Jean Anouilh ranks 799 out of 7,302. Before him are Nonnus, Milorad Pavić, Dionysius Thrax, Marilyn vos Savant, Ryszard Kapuściński, and Bar Hebraeus. After him are Felix Salten, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, Fatema Mernissi, Theodoret, Tove Ditlevsen, and Dashiell Hammett.

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Among people born in 1910, Jean Anouilh ranks 38. Before him are Kim Yong-sik, William Hanna, Samuel Barber, William Shockley, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Edda Mussolini. After him are Benzion Netanyahu, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Nathuram Godse, Tjalling Koopmans, Luise Rainer, and António de Spínola. Among people deceased in 1987, Jean Anouilh ranks 28. Before him are Georg Wittig, Lino Ventura, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Huston, Lee Marvin, and Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover. After him are Nobusuke Kishi, Andrés Segovia, Joseph Campbell, Luis Federico Leloir, Anthony de Mello, and Didier Pironi.

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Among people born in France, Jean Anouilh ranks 952 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), Bertrada of Laon (720), Marie Laforêt (1939), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Georges Brassens (1921), and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932). After him are John I of Aragon (1350), Louis Couturat (1868), Robert IV of Sablé (1150), Germaine of Foix (1488), Louis Vuitton (1821), and Jacques de Vaucanson (1709).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Anouilh ranks 122. Before him are Jean Froissart (1337), Antoine Galland (1646), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Charles Maurras (1868), Pierre Boulle (1912), and Ninon de l'Enclos (1620). After him are Max Jacob (1876), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), Theodore Beza (1519), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Bernart de Ventadorn (1135), and Eugène Scribe (1791).

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